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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 32559 |
| QUOTATION: | What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Soren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Danish philosopher. “Diapsalmata,” vol. 1, opening lines, Either/Or (1843, trans. 1987). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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